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Ebrahim Raisi speaks in Mashhad, Iran. Reuters

Raisi Defends IRGC’s Role, Iranian Missile Program

by Adel al-Salmi | Jun 30, 2017 | World

London- Ebrahim Raisi, who lost in the Iranian presidential elections, met Thursday with Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds Force Qasem Soleimani and chairman of the Assembly of Experts Ahmad Jannati in addition to the members of the National...

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Iranian president Hassan Rouhani gestures during a news conference in Tehran, Iran, May 22, 2017. TIMA via REUTERS

Iran: The Regime’s Nature and Its Calculations

by Eyad Abu Shakra | May 25, 2017 | Opinion

It was interesting that the arrival of the US president Donald Trump in Riyadh in his first foreign visit since taking office should coincide with the election of Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani for a second term. Avoiding the temptation of ‘conspiracy theory’, I...

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An Iranian national flag flutters during the opening ceremony of the 16th International Oil, Gas & Petrochemical Exhibition (IOGPE) in Tehran April 15, 2011. REUTERS/STR/File Photo

Rouhani Calls for Army Neutrality Ahead of Presidential Elections

by Adel al-Salmi | May 18, 2017 | World

London- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has stressed the need for the Iranian Army to remain neutral during Friday’s parliamentary elections. In his last electoral speech in the city of Mashhad on Wednesday, Rouhani who is running for the elections as a “reformist”...

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (Reuters)

Karoubi Supports Rouhani, Tehran Mayor Withdraws from Presidential Race

by Adel al-Salmi | May 16, 2017 | World

London – Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karoubi announced on Monday his support for President Hassan Rouhani, who is running for a second presidential term in next Friday’s election. Karoubi and another reformist leader Mirhossein Mousavi and his wife Zahra...

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Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf gestures in this undated handout photo provided by Tasnim News Agency on May 9, 2017. (Tasnim News Agency/Handout via Reuters)

Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf: Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Golden Child

by Adel al-Salmi | May 13, 2017 | Features

London – Twelve years after running as mayor of Tehran, Mohammad Bagher Qaliba will attempt for a third time to run for the presidency in Iran. He had in recent months however faced real estate corruption scandals, but that has not deterred him from registering in the...